Forensics StartMe Updates (February 2026)

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Blog Feed

The Forensics Way

Distros & VMs

Hexordia EvanoleVM

Trace Labs OSINT VM

Other Cheat Sheets

Was it actually there? Locations Cheat Sheet - Cellebrite

Other Utilities

Detect-It-Easy - Program for determining types of files for Windows, Linux and MacOS

PE / Malware Tools

PE Sieve

Test / CTF Images

HackForge

Samplepedia - Free, searchable resource for malware analysis trainings samples and solutions

Useful Links

Protocol: SIFT - NotebookLM